Sequential Deactivation Across the Hippocampus‐Thalamus‐mPFC Pathway During Loss of Consciousness by Xiaoai Chen, Samuel R. Cramer, Dennis C.Y. Chan, Xu Han, Nanyin Zhang

“…Furthermore, sliding window analysis demonstrates a temporary increase in synchrony of fMRI signals across the hippocampus‐thalamus‐mPFC pathway preceding LOC. These data suggest that LOC may be triggered by sequential activities in the hippocampus, thalamus, and mPFC, while wide‐spread activity increases in other cortical regions commonly observed during anesthesia‐induced unconsciousness may be a consequence, rather than a cause of LOC. …”
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Visual Attention Deficits in Schizophrenia Can Arise From Inhibitory Dysfunction in Thalamus or Cortex by Yohan J. John, Basilis Zikopoulos, Daniel Bullock, Helen Barbas

“…At the structural level, schizophrenia is associated with abnormal inhibitory control in the circuit linking cortex and thalamus. We developed a spiking neural network model that demonstrates how dysfunctional inhibition can degrade attentive gaze control. …”
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Single cell plasticity and population coding stability in auditory thalamus upon associative learning by James Alexander Taylor, Masashi Hasegawa, Chloé Maëlle Benoit, Joana Amorim Freire, Marine Theodore, Dan Alin Ganea, Sabrina Milena Innocenti, Tingjia Lu, Jan Gründemann

“…The authors show that auditory thalamus neurons exhibit heterogeneous plasticity patterns after learning while population level encoding of auditory stimuli remains stable across days.…”
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The Ascending Reticular Activating System from Pontine Reticular Formation to the Thalamus in the Human Brain by Sang Seok eYeo, Pyung Hun eChang, Sung Ho eJang

“…In this study, we attempted to reconstruct the lower single component of the ARAS from the reticular formation (RF) to the thalamus in the normal human brain using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).Methods: Twenty six normal healthy subjects were recruited for this study. …”
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Excitatory amplification through divergent–convergent circuits: The role of the midline thalamus in limbic seizures by David M. Sloan, DeXing Zhang, Edward H. Bertram, III

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Neural substrates of perception in the vestibular thalamus during natural self-motion: A review by Kathleen E. Cullen, Maurice J. Chacron

“…Accumulating evidence across multiple sensory modalities suggests that the thalamus does not simply relay information from the periphery to the cortex. …”
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Sox2 Acts in Thalamic Neurons to Control the Development of Retina-Thalamus-Cortex Connectivity by Sara Mercurio, Linda Serra, Alessia Motta, Lorenzo Gesuita, Luisa Sanchez-Arrones, Francesca Inverardi, Benedetta Foglio, Cristiana Barone, Polynikis Kaimakis, Ben Martynoga, Sergio Ottolenghi, Michèle Studer, Francois Guillemot, Carolina Frassoni, Paola Bovolenta, Silvia K. Nicolis

“…Summary: Visual system development involves the formation of neuronal projections connecting the retina to the thalamic dorso-lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) and the thalamus to the visual cerebral cortex. Patients carrying mutations in the SOX2 transcription factor gene present severe visual defects, thought to be linked to SOX2 functions in the retina. …”
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Prefrontal Cortex Regulates Sensory Filtering through a Basal Ganglia-to-Thalamus Pathway by Nakajima, Miho, Schmitt, LIan, Halassa, Michael

“…Engagement of this PFC-BG-thalamus pathway enables selection between vision and audition by primarily suppressing the distracting modality. …”
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A cortical motor nucleus drives the basal ganglia-recipient thalamus in singing birds by Goldberg, Jesse H., Fee, Michale S.

“…The pallido-recipient thalamus transmits information from the basal ganglia to the cortex and is critical for motor initiation and learning. …”
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Functional-anatomical validation and individual variation of diffusion tractography-based segmentation of the human thalamus. by Johansen-Berg, H, Behrens, T, Sillery, E, Ciccarelli, O, Thompson, A, Smith, S, Matthews, P

“…Parcellation of the human thalamus based on cortical connectivity information inferred from non-invasive diffusion-weighted images identifies sub-regions that we have proposed correspond to nuclei. …”

Reciprocal interactions between the human thalamus and periaqueductal gray may be important for pain perception by Wu, D, Wang, S, Stein, J, Aziz, T, Green, A

“…However, the PAG and the thalamus have direct connections with each other; so we postulated that the PAG may also modulate pain by inhibiting the sensory nuclei in the thalamus, and that these may also reciprocally influence the PAG. …”

Reciprocal interactions between the human thalamus and periaqueductal gray may be important for pain perception by Wu, D, Wang, S, Stein, J, Aziz, T, Green, A

“…However, the PAG and the thalamus have direct connections with each other; so we postulated that the PAG may also modulate pain by inhibiting the sensory nuclei in the thalamus, and that these may also reciprocally influence the PAG. …”

Non-invasive mapping of connections between human thalamus and cortex using diffusion imaging. by Behrens, T, Johansen-Berg, H, Woolrich, M, Smith, S, Wheeler-Kingshott, C, Boulby, P, Barker, G, Sillery, E, Sheehan, K, Ciccarelli, O, Thompson, A, Brady, J, Matthews, P

“…Here we identified specific connections between human thalamus and cortex using a novel probabilistic tractography algorithm with diffusion imaging data. …”

Reciprocal interactions between the human thalamus and periaqueductal gray may be important for pain perception. by Wu, D, Wang, S, Stein, J, Aziz, T, Green, A

“…However, the PAG and the thalamus have direct connections with each other; so we postulated that the PAG may also modulate pain by inhibiting the sensory nuclei in the thalamus, and that these may also reciprocally influence the PAG. …”

Topography of connections between human prefrontal cortex and mediodorsal thalamus studied with diffusion tractography. by Klein, J, Rushworth, M, Behrens, T, Mackay, C, de Crespigny, A, D'Arceuil, H, Johansen-Berg, H

“…Although these areas differ in a number of their cortical connections, some of the first anatomical evidence for these networks came from tracer studies demonstrating their distinct patterns of connectivity with the mediodorsal (MD) nucleus of the thalamus. Here, we present evidence for a similar topography of MD thalamus prefrontal connections, using non-invasive imaging and diffusion tractography (DWI-DT) in human and macaque. …”

The effects of tualang honey on nociceptive responses in the thalamus of prenatally stressed male rats offspring by Hasim, Hidani

“…Various mechanisms have been postulated to contribute to alteration of nociceptive responses in offspring exposed to prenatal stress; however not a single study has investigated the possible role of thalamus in the nociceptive modulation. The first aim of this study was to investigate the effects of prenatal stress on nociceptive behaviour, morphological changes, level of oxidative stress parameters and NMDA receptors in the thalamus of prenatally stressed male rats offspring. …”
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Characterization of a thalamic nucleus mediating habenula responses to changes in ambient illumination by Cheng, Ruey-Kuang, Krishnan, Seetha, Lin, Qian, Kibat, Caroline, Jesuthasan, Suresh

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Morphological characteristics of cerebellum, pons and thalamus in Reccurent isolated sleep paralysis – A pilot study by Eva Miletínová, Eva Miletínová, Monika Kliková, Amálie Dostalíková, Jitka Bušková, Jitka Bušková

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Firing activities and magnetic stimulation effects in a Cortico-basal ganglia-thalamus neural network by Zilu Cao, Lin Du, Honghui Zhang, Lianghui Qu, Luyao Yan, Zichen Deng

“…In order to better understand the therapeutic effect of noninvasive magnetic stimulation, which has been used in the treatment of PD, we employ the Izhikevich neuron model as the basic node to study the electrical activity and the controllability of magnetic stimulation in a cortico-basal ganglia-thalamus (CBGT) network. Results show that the firing properties of the physiological and pathological state can be reproduced. …”
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The non-specific matrix thalamus facilitates the cortical information processing modes relevant for conscious awareness by Eli J. Müller, Brandon R. Munn, Michelle J. Redinbaugh, Joseph Lizier, Michael Breakspear, Yuri B. Saalmann, James M. Shine

“…We recover these signatures of conscious arousal by selectively stimulating the matrix thalamus, recapitulating empirical results in macaque, as well as wake-like information processing states that reflect the thalamic modulation of large-scale cortical attractor dynamics. …”
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